The Portland daily press., 1887-01-04
MAGAZINE NOTICES.


The contents of the Cosmopolitan for January
are as follows Under the Mistetoe, by Harriet
Prescott spofford; My Lady Pokahontas, by J.
Esten Cooke; Sgnor 10, by Salvatore Farina;
Ninety Degrees, poem, by William G. Richards /;
The Cowboys Of the Northwest by William T.
Hornaday; Manners Cure for Cowardice by Ma
~ Rose FLOYD: Little South American, by
owe Thorne Miller; Our Door Bell, by W. Heinz
Durg; A tumble Castle in Spain, By William M.
Briggsi The Story of my Escape from a Russian
Prison by Nicolas Sakney; and The Young Folks
and The Household.
The January number of Lppineott's Monthly
Magazine presents splendid array of names Ju-
ian Hawthorne contributes the complete novel
Sinhre which Is as weird and strange as its title.
Sidney Luska has novelette, called The Story of
Angela, whose tender poetcal pathos reminds one
OF some of the best and purest of 0uida's shorter
stories. Austin Dobson has brilliant little satr-
ical poem, The Water OF Gold Miss Cleyeland's
contribution also is satirical poem, The Dilem-
ma of the Nineteenth Century The poem is east
Is narrative form Walt Whitman, under the title
OF MY Book and /, discusses his own poetical the
Oflcs and gives some valuable and entertaining
bits OF self criticism. Edgar Fawcett asks Should
critics be Gentlemen? and in the course of his
amrmailve answer to this question he manages to
oenver some hard raps at his own critics. Bar
rett wendell has an essay on Social Life at Har-
YARD which presents much matter for serious
thought short criticism Of The George Move
ment, by William III. Babcock, gives some plain
common sense views upon the land question, and
there Is report of an entertaining conversation
between Senator Ingalls, and Mr.. Howells in
which the former discusses Cleveland and his
polcy, and the latter gives some views upon liter
AZURE.
The New Princeton Review for January has
been received and is well balanced number.
The article on Religion in the Public Schools is
perhaps the most popular interest. Mr.. Charles
ID. Warner writes most earnestly in favor of Re
fornatory Prisons, under the taking title The Elk
tirpation of Criminals Philippe, Comte de Paris,
has most discriminating article on General Nc
Clellan, which will do much to aid the honest
seeker after the facts concerning the early troubles
o. the Army OF the Potomac. The writer frankly
points ont the Generals SHORTCOMINGS. csDcciallv
his great mistake in allowing his name to be used
IN connection with the Presidency, but yet con-
eludes that he was a great commander and a good
man. Criticisms, Notes and Reviews contain the
usual amount of matter and, as we said in the be-
ginning, 1t is an exceedingly well rounded out
humber, and one OF the most attractive Of all the
January publications.
The first weekly number of Littels Living Age
for the new year has the following table Of con-
tents: Mobs and Revolutions, Fortnightly Re-
view; Secret Inheritance, by b. L. Farjeon,
English Illustrated Magazine; Mrs. John Taylor
Of Norwich, Macmillan; A Siege Baby, by the au-
tnor OF Boobies Baby, etc, English Illustrated
Magazine; France as it Is and Was, Government
anu society, by Partisan, National Review; Mo-
nalnlnedaniSm in Central Africa Contemporary
review; Pilgrimage to Selbourne Leisure
Hour; together with choice poetry, ETC. This
Ine nrst number Of the new volume, is q good one
win which to begin subscription.